SAN FRANCISCO OPERA Education Materials GAETANO DONIZETTI Resources GAETANO DONIZETTI RESOURCES Books Donizetti and His Operas (Cambridge Paperback Library) Author: William Ashbrook. This original monograph about Donizetti is published in paperback. Cambridge University Press. 1983. Gaetano Donizetti : A Guide to Research (Composer Resource Manuals, Volume 51) Author: James P. Cassaro. This hardcover research and information guide offers an annotated reference guide to the life and works of this important Italian opera composer. The book includes a complete chronology of Donizetti's life (1797-1848) and career, secondary resources and other works, including general sources, catalogs, correspondence, biographical sources, critical works; production/review sources, singers and theaters, and the individual operas. Routledge. 2000. Gaetano Donizetti: A Research and Information Guide (Routledge Music Bibliographies) Author: James P. Cassaro. This hardcover research and information guide offers an annotated reference guide to the life and works of this important Italian opera composer. The book opens with a complete chronology of Donizetti's life (1797-1848) and career. The balance of the book details secondary resources and other works, including general sources, catalogs, correspondence, biographical sources, critical works; production/review sources, singers and theaters, and the individual operas. Routledge. 2009. CDs Donizetti: Anna Bolena (complete opera live 1957) Performers: Maria Callas, Gianni Raimondi, Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano. Notes: Soprano Maria Callas performs one of her greatest roles, Anna Bolena, recorded live at La Scala. EMI Classics. 1998 Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor Performers: Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Chorus of the Royal Opera House. Conductor: Richard Bonynge, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Notes: A deluxe limited-edition CD capturing soprano Joan Sutherlandʼs 1971 landmark recording of Donizetti's classic opera. Presented in a high quality, hard-back book format, the complete recording also features the complete, four language libretto, copious photographs and a special note from conductor Richard Bonynge. In addition, a third CD includes Sutherland's recordings of the Mad Scene both from her 1959 debut Decca recital (The Art of the Prima Donna) and her first recording of Lucia under Sir John Pritchard. Decca. 2009. Luciano Pavarotti: Donizetti Arias - Una furtiva lagrima Performers: Richard Bonynge, Sir Edward Downes, Leone Magiera, Luciano Pavarotti, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Eric Garrett, Ambrosian Singers, Roger Soyer. Notes: This CD contains arias recorded by Pavarotti between 1967 and 1975, with music from eight Donizetti operas, including La Fille du Régiment, La favorita, the final scene from Lucia di Lammermoor and "Una furtiva lagrima" from L'Elisir d'Amore. Decca. 1998.